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Holistic Treatment for Sinus Pain & Pressure

Holistic Treatment for Sinus Pain & Pressure 940 788 Mary Yeager
The extreme fluctuating temperatures of Michigan along with allergy season starting about 2 months early this year has caused many people to suffer from the effects of increased sinus pain and pressure, more commonly known as Sinusitis. According to the American Rhinologic Society (RNS), more than 30 million people are diagnosed with sinusitis each year.  Chronic sinusitis effects about 15% of the US population, making it one of the most common chronic illnesses in America. read more

CranioSacral Therapy: My “WHY”

CranioSacral Therapy: My “WHY” 1200 898 Mary Yeager

Hello and welcome. My name is Mary Yeager and I have been a physical therapist for over 20 years, primarily in the out-patient orthopedic setting. When I first started out in physical therapy, I could see patients until they got better. Co-pays, authorizations, and Medicare caps were non-existant. Life was good and paperwork was minimal!

As we all know healthcare and insurance options have drastically changed over the past 10-15 years. These changes have provided less choices for the patient and more hoops to jump through for the practitioner. Working so many years in healthcare, I began to get frustrated, feeling like it was becoming less about the patient and their well- being and more about how many patients I could see in one day, i.e. money. To be honest, it became like an assembly line getting patients in and out. I chose a career in physical therapy because I wanted to help people regain their optimal quality of life. I questioned the way healthcare was continuing to trend, was this a realistic goal? I became burned out and seriously thought about leaving the field all together, but. . . read more